8 debaters to train for 2005 world meet<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The second Indonesian Schools Debate Championship
\nwrapped up on Wednesday, when judges selected eight speakers to
\nattend a two-month intensive training workshop to prepare for the
\nworld meet set for February 2005.<\/p>\n
High school students Siti Soraya Cassandra and Alamanda Vania
\nof Al Izhar Jakarta, Natalia Hermanto of Penabur 3 Jakarta,
\nAditya Rakhman of SMU 2 Bengkulu, Tirza Reinata and Dewi
\nWijayanti of SMU 34 Jakarta, Taufik Ramadhan Indrakesuma of SMU 8
\nJakarta and Haidar Buldan of SMU 6 Yogyakarta have made the
\ninitial selection; only four will emerge to represent the country
\nat the world competition in Canada.<\/p>\n
Jakarta team members Soraya, Natalia and Alvin Susanto of SMU
\nKarunia won the championship earlier in the day after beating
\nEast Kalimantan in a debate on whether retired military officers
\nwere suitable for the presidency. Jakarta was declared the debate
\nchampions, as they delivered a convincing argument supported by
\nparticular examples that ex-military officers did not always
\nsucceed in running a government.<\/p>\n
In the mixed team event -- with teams comprising students from
\ndifferent provinces -- Ni Wayan Desi Aryanti of SMU 4 Denpasar,
\nand Aditya and Diah Amalia of SMU 17 Makassar took the trophy. --
\nJP<\/p>",
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